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Big Black Furry Creature from Mars · September 21, 1987 at Nectar's | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

LIVE · 2:57

Phish track · Set 2 · #14

Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

A 3-minute version from Nectar's in Burlington, VT on 1987-09-21.

DATE · 1987-09-21·SHOW · Nectar's·LENGTH · 2:57

45TRACK

OF 130 VERSIONS

#110

ALL-TIME · #19,481 · 46th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

1987-09-21·Nectar's·Burlington, VT

1987 TOUR·Set 2·POS 14 / 142:57

45SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v110 of 130

#110 OF 130 · BIG BLACK FURRY CREATURE FROM MARS CATALOG

0:002:57

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT0:10of 2:57

DYN dB12.0tight

ONSET/s2.8open

BPM123era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

0

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

78

Groove12%

21

Harmonic9%

6

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 7 SONGS

1987-09-21 · Nectar's

Burlington, VT · 1987 TOUR · SHOW SCORE 24

24SHOW

Set 2

II-1You Enjoy Myself14:24 II-2The Curtain With12:38 II-3Big Black Furry Creature from MarsYOU ARE HERE2:57 II-4Suzy Greenberg6:09 II-5Alumni Blues4:53 II-6Letter to Jimmy Page1:06 II-7Alumni Blues0:41 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions130 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

11.22.94Jesse Auditorium, University of MissouriColumbia · MO88 05.16.94The Wiltern TheatreLos Angeles · CA88 05.16.94The Wiltern TheatreLos Angeles · CA87 12.11.97Rochester War MemorialRochester · NY84 03.13.92Campus ClubProvidence · RI83

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1987-09-21SWIPE →

3·28Makisupa Policeman10:5693 3·27Run Like an Antelope13:1785 3·19Happy Birthday to You1:0265

SONG →/songs/big-black-furry-creature-from-mars SHOW →/shows/1987-09-21-nectars-burlington-vt METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/1980 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:000:441:282:132:57

JAM IN · —PEAK · 0:10SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-9.1 dB

Loudness-7.3 dB

Dynamic range12.0 dB

Rhythmic density2.78/sec

Brightness2336 Hz

Flatness0.018

Harmonic variance0.060

Feature curves · over time0 → 2:57

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:001:282:57

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:001:282:57

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:001:282:57

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:001:282:57

Tempo92–185 bpm · avg 134

0:001:282:57

Spectral flatnessTonal → noisy. Low = pitched; high = wash

0:001:282:57

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN46TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%0

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%78

Groove12%21

Harmonic9%6

Duration9%0

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

SCORE FORMULA · v3.3 · RECALIBRATED 2026-05-13OPEN METHODOLOGY →

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH2:57standard

BPM123average

DYN dB12.0wide dynamics

RHYTHM2.8/smoderate

PEAK0:10at 6%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1You Enjoy Myself14:24 II-2The Curtain With12:38

II-3Big Black Furry Creature from Mars2:57

II-4Suzy Greenberg6:09 II-5Alumni Blues4:53 II-6Letter to Jimmy Page1:06 II-7Alumni Blues0:41

7 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 24

Nectar's · Burlington, VT1987 Tour · RANKED #19481 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Makisupa PolicemanSET 3 #28 · 10:56

Run Like an AntelopeSET 3 #27 · 13:17

Happy Birthday to YouSET 3 #19 · 1:02

1987-09-21VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER Big Black Furry Creature from Mars VERSIONS130 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0288Jesse Auditorium, University of MissouriColumbia, MO

1994-11-227:55 #0388The Wiltern TheatreLos Angeles, CA

1994-05-163:44 #0487The Wiltern TheatreLos Angeles, CA

1994-05-162:46 #0584Rochester War MemorialRochester, NY

1997-12-116:49 #0683Campus ClubProvidence, RI

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